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Chorrol.com _ News, Updates & Rules _ Chorrol membership is invitation only
Posted by: Acadian Oct 30 2017, 04:57 PM
Chorrol has changed how we join new members due to persistent spambot infestations associated with self-registering open membership. Rather than being able to join directly, new members will only be added when sponsored/recommended by existing members. Members are encouraged to invite and sponsor folks they believe would enjoy and contribute to our friendly forum.
When you have a prospective member you wish to sponsor, send a PM to me or one of the other administrators with your candidate’s following information:
1. Desired user name. The 'Members' button in the top right corner of the forum can help you precheck that the desired name is not already in use and help avoid delays.
2. E-mail address. Though a requirement for our system, the primary purpose is for our automated assist feature should a member forget their password.
We'll register your candidate with full member privileges and provide a temporary password via PM to the sponsor that you can pass along to the new member. Easy. 
Posted by: TheCheshireKhajiit Oct 30 2017, 08:40 PM
Nice! Khajiit believes this will be better for everyone.
Posted by: Renee Oct 31 2017, 12:45 PM
All right. Now maybe with this new method I can somehow get Turija to join here. He tried to do so back when Beth's forums closed, but his email never got the validation link.
Anyways, goodbye spambots! 
Go infest some other website.
Posted by: Acadian Oct 31 2017, 01:52 PM
Thanks. Yes, we've also had some e-mail validation probs and this new method should help bypass that as well.
Posted by: stargelman Oct 31 2017, 03:20 PM
You forgot to mention that you're an administrator now
Posted by: mirocu Oct 31 2017, 05:01 PM
All right. Now maybe with this new method I can somehow get Turija to join here. He tried to do so back when Beth's forums closed, but his email never got the validation link.
I've PM:d him the details at Haven. We'll see what he says
Posted by: Acadian Oct 31 2017, 05:33 PM
I do appreciate stargelman giving me access to the Admin suite of tools and the expanded capabilities they provide to support our forum with.
Well, let's hope Turija is still up for joining us. I figure quite a few of us belong to other forums and I've even asked a nice player from ESO to consider joining us.
Posted by: TheCheshireKhajiit Oct 31 2017, 07:05 PM
I do appreciate stargelman giving me access to the Admin suite of tools and the expanded capabilities they provide to support our forum with.
Just remember: With great power comes great responsibility.
Posted by: stargelman Oct 31 2017, 11:19 PM
Just remember: With great power comes great responsibility.
Strange... noone ever told me that...
Posted by: TheCheshireKhajiit Oct 31 2017, 11:46 PM
Just remember: With great power comes great responsibility.
Strange... noone ever told me that...
Khajiit would have had he been here!
Posted by: Grits Nov 1 2017, 08:05 PM
Woo! Acadian looks good in blue! 
Posted by: Renee Nov 3 2017, 12:55 PM
Woo! Acadian looks good in blue!
I know right? I'm pretty psyched about the whole thing.
Posted by: Turija Nov 6 2017, 08:55 PM
I do appreciate stargelman giving me access to the Admin suite of tools and the expanded capabilities they provide to support our forum with.
Well, let's hope Turija is still up for joining us. I figure quite a few of us belong to other forums and I've even asked a nice player from ESO to consider joining us.
Thanks! Yes, it worked. Yay! Unfortunately our network administrator at work has the site on our “blocked “ list, so I cannot access the site from work, but my phone can access the site just fine.
Posted by: TheCheshireKhajiit Nov 6 2017, 09:44 PM
I do appreciate stargelman giving me access to the Admin suite of tools and the expanded capabilities they provide to support our forum with.
Well, let's hope Turija is still up for joining us. I figure quite a few of us belong to other forums and I've even asked a nice player from ESO to consider joining us.
Thanks! Yes, it worked. Yay! Unfortunately our network administrator at work has the site on our “blocked “ list, so I cannot access the site from work, but my phone can access the site just fine.
Khajiit does all of his Chorrol browsing/posting on his phone.
Posted by: Acadian Nov 6 2017, 11:02 PM
Glad we've got you on board now, Turija!
Posted by: Lopov Nov 8 2017, 05:42 PM
I was happy to see a few days ago that we have a new admin. 
I also noticed that immediately afterwards some spambots or whatever fake members are called, no longer appeared on the list of active members.
Posted by: mALX Nov 11 2017, 12:29 AM
Really happy to see us go to Private Membership by Invite Only. Now our growth will be a true one made up of real active members! Really hope this takes care of those pesky spambot problems!
You forgot to mention that you're an administrator now
He tried to hide that, but couldn't with those giant red letters beneath his name,
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